On this day: October 8

Chicago burns, Don Larsen is perfection in the World Series, Jerry Lee Lewis records his biggest hit, and Martha Stewart reports to prison, all on this day.

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1985: Singer-songwriter and record producer Bruno Mars, best known for the No. 1 singles "Just the Way You Are," "Grenade," "Locked Out of Heaven" and "When I Was Your Man," is born under the birth name Peter Gene Hernandez in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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